Rupangi Sharma is an author, editor, and an edupreneur. She is the Founder & CEO of EFG Learning: Education for Growth, a Mumbai-based education consultancy. She has worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, Boston and other leading institutions in India and abroad. Rupangi was invited to be a panelist on the advisory board to design the ICT in Education Curricula for the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET, NCERT). Her latest releases include, Young Indian Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Change-makers (Puffin, 2022) and A Life of My Own (Vishwakarma Publications, 2020). She has also edited India Alive (Academic Foundation, 2014).
The Session was Good and Interesting, also Interactive for both sides, and students enjoyed the session. Rupangi's ideas and the way she made the Young Crowd think were wonderful, it was a splendid session and not to mention, her energy is infectious. Social change makers is a term, which needs discussion with young minds. Hope she has ignited these young minds enough to start thinking in this direction. And as we have well-begun half-done bravo, the students responded well. And the story she read was inspiring, it did help these kids about solving problems and create opportunities themselves. Upcycling and Cryptocurrency and finding for your needs. This a Great message for today's “youth“
So the discussion began with the fact that in the pre-21st century era, women were expected to only be in the kitchen and take care of all the household responsibilities. This was the scenario in almost every corner of the globe. But now that after two decades of the 21st Century, has the perspective changed? The speakers added to the discussion by sharing their thoughts & experiences that a woman starts experiencing gender inequality more often as and when they move up the corporate ladder, especially when it comes to getting a seat on the board. Rashima Verma added that women constitute only 5% of the members in the boardrooms. Rupangi Sharma added that taps need to be taken to bridge the gender gap in the workforce at all levels in an organisation. Companies need to proactively hire and promote women into senior management positions whenever they are deserving. The overall discussion was beautifully moderated by Piorre Hart & the audience comprised of men folks added with discussion on concerns like paternity leaves